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Rallye Catalunya 2009 counts for:
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2009 FIA Junior World Championship (for drivers)
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| 465th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 11 of 12 |
| Official name: | RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada |
| Edition: | 45th |
| Date: | from Friday 2-Oct-2009 to Sunday 4-Oct-2009 |
| Rally HQ: | Tarragona, Catalunya; Spain |
| Clerk of the Course: | Aman Barfull |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 80 | |
| Starters: | 70 | |
| Finishers: | 52 | (74.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 4.11 | km | (SS15 Le Serra d'Almos 1) |
| Longest: | 38.27 | km | (SS10 El Priorat - La Ribera d'Ebre 2) |
| Slowest: | 92.76 | km/h | (SS18 La Serra d'Almos 2) |
| Fastest: | 115.23 | km/h | (SS6 El Montmell 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 353.62 | km | (27.2% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 353.62 | km | (27.2% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 945.51 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,299.13 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 53rd win and 81st podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 23rd podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| Third place was 40th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 59th win and 1-2 win were 137th to 138th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 269th podium for Ford. |
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Loeb won - again - and moved within one point of championship leader Hirvonen, ensuring that the title fight would be fierce in final round.
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Sordo led over half the distance and easily could have challenged for the win but had to sacrifice to help Loeb's title chances. Again.
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Sebastien Ogier was fourth Citroen in top five and only little slower than Petter Solberg, who had upgraded to a C4 WRC.
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Related links
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Rally Australia 2009
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Rally GB 2009
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